The Republican journal., 1887-11-10

pictures from behind the scenes at the exccu-
tive mansion, and he believes that the people
care for the little things Of White House life
as much as they do for the presidents mes
sages. Shriver has a very brilliant imagina-
ton, and Il funny story is told Of one of his
experiences while he was in Baltimore and
before he came to Washington. He did at
this time much outside work. and often sold
some of his leading sensations to different
newspapers. One day he offered, it is said, a
dispatch to The Boston Post, and The Post
published the next day his telegram and their
reply. Tho telegram was:
BosToN Posi- Do you want the remarkable
currencc which happened here today? Bati-
more's tattooed woman has just given birth to
tattooed baby. This is the only instance in his
tory of such an occurrence.
BALTIMORE AaERIcAN.
To which The Post telegraphcd back the
reply:
BALTIMORE AMERIcAN-Yours received. We do
not want the dispatch about the tattooed woman
and her tattooed baby. We have upon our staff
a high salared man who does all that kind of
business for us. BosTON Posi-.
The father OF the Washington correspond
ents is Gen. II. V. Boynton, of Tho Cincinnati
Commercial Gazette. He has been hcrc ever
since the war, and he won his spurs Us a war
correspondent. He is now about so years old,
but is rs active as any reporter of q, and he
writes as we'll now as he over did III tho past
Boynton is prominently fighter IIo is not
happy unless he is in q newspaper contro-
versy, and when he onterS one he never stops
until he wins. He had fuss with Speaker
Keifer year or SO ago, and the cx-speaker
has, l doubt not, regretted that he over en-
gagged in the quarrel. BoyntoI has been
spending his force in an attack upon tho Dis
trict commissioners during tho past summer,
and venture that there is not Il newspaper
correspondent in Washington who has moro
influence for radical reform than he. He is
an especially able writer uron political ques-
tions, and he has the politics of the country
and its war history at his pens end. He lives
very nicely in Washington and is strict
Presbyterian, as well Us q newspaper corrc-
spondent. He has a pleasant home life, and,
like several other correspondents know, he
docs not allow any hut the most important
telegraph messages delivered at his house
after he has left tho office at midnight.
seq that I. c. Crawford has been doing
some very good work for Tho New York
World from London this summer Craw-
ford is Michigan man, and his first news
paper work was done Us city editor of The
Milwaukee News. He was afterwards con-
nected with Tho Chicago Times at Washing
ton, first as IN assistant and then as head Of
tho bureau. Iie left Tho Times for Tho
Chicago Nows and from Tho News came to
Tho World. He is good writer, and ono Of
the best dressed men in tho profession. He will,
understand, be buck at Washington to tako
charge Of The World bureau during the
coming session.
Speaking of newspaper men, they maintain
the closest of relations with our public mer,
and there is no place where this is so much
tho case as at Washington. The Washington
correspondents nrc Us a rule high toned gen
tlemen, and they arc intrusted with secrets
by senators and cabinet officers which, they
could sell for large amounts if they were un-
scrupulous. There 10 not correspondent